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The Translator’s Daughter
By Grace Loh Prasad
A Taiwanese American woman struggles to reclaim her voice.
The Watermark: A Novel
By Sam Mills
A remarkably ambitious, remarkably uneven tale.
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Writing
By Joshua Hammer
An overabundance of detail hobbles what could’ve been an absorbing saga.
Hot Air: A Novel
By Marcy Dermansky
Despite its sex-filled plot, this tawdry domestic drama ultimately deflates.
The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution
By Joyce E. Chaplin
This excellent history covers far more than the Founder’s forays into home heating.
Happy Land: A Novel
By Dolen Perkins-Valdez
A DC woman discovers she’s heir to a long-ago, real-life Black kingdom.
The Jinn Daughter
By Rania Hanna
A mother maneuvers the realm of death to save her daughter in this overly ambitious debut.
The Politics of Fear
By Arthur Goldwag
From Pizzagate to QAnon, conspiracy theories are nothing new.
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